Tag: "Film"

’8: The Mormon Proposition’ — In theaters, film focuses on Mormon efforts to pass Prop 8

[tweetmeme] The controversial film “8: The Mormon Proposition,” which harshly criticizes the Mormon Church for campaigning in favor or California’s ban on same-sex marriage, opened in select theaters Friday. Focused on the 2008 passage of [...]

Court injunction delays ‘I Love You Phillip Morris’ U.S. release for the fifth time

[tweetmeme] The U.S. release of Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor's gay love story, I Love You Phillip Morris, has been postponed once again. Originally screened at Sundance in January 2009, the indie comedy was scheduled [...]

U.S. release of ‘I Love You Phillip Morris’ delayed again — indefinitely

The long awaited U.S. release of "I Love You Phillip Morris" has been delayed again -- this time indefinitely. [caption id="attachment_7649" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="McGregor and Carrey in "I Love You Phillip Morris""][/caption] A post on [...]

GLAAD ticked off at Tribeca over film ‘Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives’ (Video)

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has launched a campaign to get New York's Tribeca Film Festival to remove the film 'Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives' from it's April lineup. The film is described [...]

Damon and Douglas to play gay in film of Liberace’s life

Matt Damon and Michael Douglas have signed on to play lovers in the upcoming biopic about flamboyant pianist Liberace. [caption id="attachment_6289" align="aligncenter" width="468" caption="Matt Damon and Michael Douglas"][/caption] Douglas will play Liberace, and Damon will [...]

Sundance audience applauds film critical of Mormon role in Prop 8

Filmmaker Reed Cowan received two sustained standing ovations Sunday for his documentary “8: The Mormon Proposition,” a file which harshly criticizes the Mormon Church for campaigning in favor or California’s ban on same-sex marriage [...]

Gay love story, ‘I Love You Phillip Morris,’ set for U.S. release April 2010

I Love You Phillip Morris, a 2009 film which wowed audiences at Sundance last year, is based on the real life events of con artist, impostor, and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell -- oh, [...]

Studio execs want Downey to tone down the ‘gay’ Sherlock banter

Studio executives at Warner Bros. are reportedly upset that Robert Downey Jr. continues to hint that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are gay. In the upcoming Sherlock Holmes, due in theaters Friday, Director Guy Ritchie [...]